Sex predator arrested

Published: Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 11:19 AM.

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FOUNTAIN -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrested a sexual predator Wednesday after evidence was obtained he had molested another child, officials wrote in a news release.

Earlier this year Raymond Lawrence Daugherty, 51, a registered sexual predator, moved into a house in Fountain. Investigators obtained a court order to speak with a child who disclosed sexual molestation by Daugherty, officials wrote.

Daugherty was arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest without violence, officials wrote.

In a related case, Theodosia Smith, 23, who lived with Daugherty, was arrested and charged with child neglect causing great bodily harm, principle to lewd and lascivious molestation and accessory after the fact to lewd and lascivious molestation, officials wrote.

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FOUNTAIN -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrested a sexual predator Wednesday after evidence was obtained he had molested another child, officials wrote in a news release.

Earlier this year Raymond Lawrence Daugherty, 51, a registered sexual predator, moved into a house in Fountain. Investigators obtained a court order to speak with a child who disclosed sexual molestation by Daugherty, officials wrote.

Daugherty was arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest without violence, officials wrote.

In a related case, Theodosia Smith, 23, who lived with Daugherty, was arrested and charged with child neglect causing great bodily harm, principle to lewd and lascivious molestation and accessory after the fact to lewd and lascivious molestation, officials wrote.

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